Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christ could not blame him for drinking . |
| 2 | He could not associate her with panic . |
| 3 | Then he adds with sudden confidence , ‘ It was known to men that the demon-enemy could not draw them under shadow ( under sceadu bregdan ) , as long as God did not wish it . ’ |
| 4 | He was not to know that because she never spoke about her feelings , she could not express them on demand . |
| 5 | He could not take her to bed in his double , conjugal room , but , no doubt Amaranth had a single somewhere . |
| 6 | She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes . |
| 7 | IG Metall 's members could not forgive him for gambling in a casino for capitalists . |
| 8 | She saw them coming , yet knew she could not intercept them in time . |
| 9 | For his chastity he was a particular favourite of the goddess Diana , who , however , could not save him from death and the everlasting dark . |
| 10 | He said he might sell it in Southampton if he could not get it on board . |
| 11 | staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ? |
| 12 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 13 | There was anger and hurt deep inside her but she was so stunned by his cruelty that she could n't rouse it in defence of herself . |
| 14 | She was always clean , you could n't fault her for cleanliness , but I 'm sure she must of either washed her clothes in the toilets , you know , wash basin in the toilets because that was the only thing she had was one bag and she used to , er , her pension book was in and er erm |
| 15 | And there 's a time when my father lived at the , and I 'm going up the road this night and I hears this queer kind of grunting , and I could n't understand it of course it was dark and I hears it again . |
| 16 | They could n't understand it in English , but they 'd hear their names to these kind of bouncy 60's tunes and loved David . |
| 17 | Shame I could n't take it to University with me that 'll be interesting ! |
| 18 | Edouard was sent back home , they could n't have him at work looking like that . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You could n't use it on Earth , of course , ’ the Doctor said . |
| 20 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 21 | I was wrapped up in an officer 's uniform ; you could n't see me for fur and leather . |
| 22 | That is , is the colour rising up from underneath in an individuating way , or is it a light cast from down er from on top by the one , which then could n't individuate them with respect to people for instance . |
| 23 | You could n't get it into perspective at all . |
| 24 | Oh no you could n't get it for singer . |
| 25 | er but I could n't get it to work . |
| 26 | He tried to tackle Gina about it , hinting that a young man like him needed sex from someone if he could n't get it at home . |